Railway-cattle-car partition



' June a, 1926. 1,588,334

- T. L. PURVES RAILWAY CATTLE CAR PARTITION Filed Sept. 8, 1924 Patented June 8, 1926 NIT-Ee- STAT-ES.

THOMAS'L..IPURVES, OF WIL LISTON,NORTH DAKOTA.

RAILWAY-CATTLE-CAR PARTITION.

Application filed September 8, 1924. Serial No. 736,563.

This invention relates to improvements in partitions for railway cattle cars which are employed for the purpose of separating the car into a number of independent compartments.

Anobject of the invention is to provide apartit-ion which will be strong enough to withstand shocks to which it is subjected and at the same time will be light enough to be readily handled.

Another object of the invention is to pro.- vide bracing truss rods attached to the partition. by means of castings to which are also secured chains which attach thev partition to .the. car body. This arrangement provides a very strong partition and tends to throw strains which may be brought thereon against the car. structure.

further object of the invention is the provision? of. means. for fastening the partition. to the sides of the, car which can be fastened and unfastened readily without any change i-n-the car body or damage thereto.

Further objects of the invention will be apparent from the following detailed description and the appended claims.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the partition.

Figure 2 is an end elevation thereof.

Figure 3 is a top plan view thereof.

Figures 4 and 5 are isometric views of castings carried by the partition to which are attached the truss rods and locking chains.

Figure 6 is an isometric view of a member which engages the car frame in connection with the chains.

Figure 7 is an isometric view of fragmentary character showing one end of the partition fastened to the car body.

The partition is constructed of top and bottom planks or boards 1 and intermediate boards 2 and 3 of somewhat narrower width. These planks or boards are bolted to uprights 4' which are preferably three in number, one at each end and one in the middle. The uprights at the sides are each bevelled on the outside ofthe edge facing the center upright, while the center upright is bevelled on the outer edges facing the end uprights. The boards 3 are thinner than the boards 1 and 2 and the space between these and the end uprights 4 is filled by narrow strips or shims 9.

In the form illustrated two pairs of truss where it passes through't'he opening-in the other casting 7. The threaded ends of the truss are engaged by suitable-nuts by which the truss may be put-"under desired tension. The particular arrangement of the truss is clearly shown inFigure'3.

As shown in Figure 7' the car body comprises side planks 16317, 18-and' 19" attached toone or more uprights 1-5. "Thepartition is' constructed of proper "length so" that it will' fit closely between the posts/15 on opposite sides of the car. Chains 13 are fastene d at-one endi-n-an opening 11 in a second ear on the casting- 7 and are passed through an opening 22 in a member 21, such as shown in Figure 6 which has a trough shaped portion which slidably engages the post 15 and may be attached thereto if desired, around the outside of this member, through the corresponding opening 22 on the other side of the member and finally is hooked into an eye 12 formed in a lug on the casting 7.

It willbe seen from this arrangement that the truss 6 and the chains 13 are both connected to the castings 7 and 7 which are bolted to the end uprights of the partition. Any strain against the partition will not only be resisted by the partition but the tendency to move will be transmitted directly to the body of the car. Since the chains pass around the outside of the member 21 they cannot damage the posts 15 of the car or cut into them under great stress. The whole arrangement gives a very flexible organization by which the partition may be adjusted to different positions lengthwise of the car by merely hooking the chains around the car post-s into the openings 12. lVhile the partition can be made quite light, it is nevertheless strong enough for all practical purposes and comprises few parts. By attaching the hook to the chain 13 after the chain is passed through the openings 22 of the member 21, these members will be held in place on the chains and the whole partition with its locking means hecomes a unit.

It is obvious that various detail changes can be made in the precise construction described Without in any way departing from vthe spirit of the invention, which is to be regarded as limited only by the scope of the appended claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. A railway cattle car partition comprising agate like frame work composed of planks attached at their ends to uprights and to a center upright, castings provided with eyes attached'to the end uprights, and truss rods each passing from one end casting on one side of anend upright to an end castingon the same side of the other end upright and passing on the opposite side of the center upright. I

2. A railway cattle car partition com prising a gate like frame Work composed of planks attached attheir ends to uprights and to a center upright, castings provided with eyes attached to the end uprights, truss rods each passing from one end casting on one side of an end upright to an end casting on the same side of the other end upright and passing on the opposite side of the centers upright, and castings fixed to said center uprights positioning the middle of said truss rods.

3. A railway cattle car partition comprising a gate like frame work composed of castings and adapted to be passed around a car post and to engage an eye in a casting on the opposite side of the partition.

4. A railway cattle car partition comprising a gate like frame work composed of planks attached at their ends to uprights and to a center upright, castings provided with eyes attached to the end uprights, truss rods each passing from one end casting on one side of an end upright to an end casting on the same side of the other end upright and passing on the opposite side of the center upright, a plurality of chains each attached atone end to an eye of one of said castings and adapted to he passed around the car post and to elwa e an e e in a castin on the o 'posite side of the partition, and metal members adapted to embrace the car post and provided with means having perforations through which said chains pass whereby the chains are held out of contact with the car posts. s

THOMAS PURVES. 

